A series of letterheads found on stationery used by Matlock and
Matlock Bath businesses from 1900 to the shortly after the
Second World War that range from very simple to more ornate
designs. They cover a wide range of local commercial enterprises,
from hydros and hotels, to architects, banks, builders, butchers,
chartered accountants, chemists, the Co-op, decorators, doctors,
estate agents, garages, a gas company, grocers, greengrocers,
hair preparations, insurance agents, jewellers, laundrys,
manufacturing (hosiery), masons, mills, opticians, plumbers,
poulterers, pubs, quarry owners, registrars, solicitors,
surveyors, timber merchants, undertakers, valuers and wine
merchants. In other words, everything you would expect to
find in a Derbyshire country town and village at that time.

There are estimates, invoices, letters, memos, notes, receipts
and statements, although only the letter heading is shown here.
Amongst the collection are also three unused cheques, a shopping
reminder and a returns list for bottles. The full sheet has been
provided in a few instances, but the body is blank.

Urban District Council of Bonsall, 189-
The UDC was established in 1894 and F. C. Lymn of Matlock
Bath (see below) acted as the
Clerk for Council for a number of years at the end of the
nineteenth century

County & Station Hotel, 1934 (back)
Advertisement for the hotel and the village.

Crompton and Evans' Union Bank, 1922
This had amalgamated with Parr's Bank (see below) although
in 1911 Crompton's Bank
was in North Parade, three premises
to the south of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

G. S. Daykin, dispensing chemist

Mr. Daykin took over the chemist's shop that used to be
next door
to the former Wesleyan Methodist Church following
the retirement of Mr. Frank Slawson.

F. C. Lymn, 1906 - Solicitor (also Matlock)
Frederic Charles Lymn was born in Matlock Bath and baptised
at Holy Trinity in 1854.
See the 1861 census.Kelly's
1891 Directory shows him at Fountain Villas, working
as both a solicitor
and the Clerk of the Local Board. He was also Clerk for
Bonsall UDC (see above).
He died in 1930.

Mortimer's Stores, 1938 - Grocers, Confectioners and Provision
Merchants.
William Mortimer and family arrived in Matlock Bath in
the early 1920s
and
were at the South Parade store throughout World War Two.
The store eventually became the Co-op and
is now an amusement arcade

Westminster Bank, 1925
This includes the crest for the National Scheme for Disabled
Men.
The bank would have undertaken to employ a number of disabled
men in the
aftermath of the First World War (also see Matlock).
Charles H Waghorn was the Bank's Manager.
He also served at Treasurer to Matlock UDC (Kelly's Directory,
1932)